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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Warnock, John 68 2001 Chairman of the Board
Geschke, Charles 69 2000 Chairman of the Board
Narayen, Shantanu 46 2007 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Garrett, Mark 52 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Lynch, Kevin 43 2008 Senior Vice President - Experience & Technology Organization, Chief Technology Officer
Cottle, Karen 60 2002 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Loiacono, Johnny 48 2006 Senior Vice President and General Manager - Creative Solutions Business Unit
Thompson, Matthew 51 2006 Senior Vice President - Worldwide Field Operations
Tarkoff, Robert 41 2008 Senior Vice President - Business Productivity Business Unit
James, Joshua 36 2009 Senior Vice President - Omniture Business Unit
Rowley, Richard 52 2006 Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller
Mills, Carol 56 1998 Director
Sedgewick, Robert 62 1990 Director
Daley, James 67 2001 Director
Cannon, Michael 2003 Director
Barnholt, Edward 66 2005 Director
Burgess, Robert 51 2005 Director
Rosensweig, Daniel 47 2009 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Warnock, John Dr. John Warnock was a founder of Adobe and has been Chairman of the Board of Adobe Systems Incorporated since April 1989. Since September 1997, he has shared the position of Chairman with Charles M. Geschke. Dr. Warnock served as Chief Executive Officer from 1982 until December 2000. From December 2000 until his retirement in March 2001, Dr. Warnock served as Chief Technical Officer. Dr. Warnock currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Salon Media Group, Inc. Dr. Warnock holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah.
Geschke, Charles Dr. Charles Geschke was a founder of Adobe and has served as Chairman of the Board of Adobe Systems Incorporated since September 1997, sharing that office with John E. Warnock. He was Chief Operating Officer from December 1986 until July 1994 and President from April 1989 until his retirement in April 2000. Dr. Geschke holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Narayen, Shantanu Mr. Shantanu Narayen currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Adobe Systems Incorporated. He joined Adobe in January 1998 as Vice President and General Manager of Adobe’s engineering technology group. In January 1999, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Products and in March 2001 he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Worldwide Product Marketing and Development. In January 2005, Mr. Narayen was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer and in December 2007, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Adobe and joined the Adobe Board of Directors. Prior to joining Adobe, Mr. Narayen co-founded Pictra Inc., a digital photo sharing software company, in 1996. He was Director of Desktop and Collaboration products at Silicon Graphics Inc. before founding Pictra. Mr. Narayen is also a director of Dell Inc.
Garrett, Mark Mr. Mark Garrett joined Adobe Systems Incorporated in February 2007 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Garrett served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Software Group of EMC Corporation, a products, services and solutions provider for information management and storage, from June 2004 to January 2007, his most recent position since EMC’s acquisition of Documentum, Inc., an enterprise content management company, in December 2003. Mr. Garrett first joined Documentum as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1997, holding that position through October 1999 and then re-joining Documentum as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2002. Mr. Garrett is also a director of Informatica Corporation.
Lynch, Kevin Mr. Kevin Lynch currently serves as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of the Experience & Technology Organization of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Mr. Lynch joined Adobe as Chief Software Architect and Senior Vice President for Adobe’s Platform Business Unit through the acquisition of Macromedia, Inc. in December 2005. At Macromedia, Mr. Lynch served as Chief Software Architect and President of Product Development, where he led Macromedia in advancing Web software including managing the initial development of Macromedia Dreamweaver and guiding Flash to its current widespread adoption across the Web. Prior to Macromedia, Mr. Lynch participated in a variety of technical and management roles in startups including Frame Technology and General Magic.
Cottle, Karen Ms. Karen O. Cottle joined Adobe Systems Incorporated in February 2002 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Adobe, Ms. Cottle served as General Counsel for Vitria Technology, Inc., a service-oriented business application software company from February 2000 to February 2002. From 1996 to 1999, Ms. Cottle served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Raychem Corporation.
Loiacono, Johnny Mr. Johnny Loiacono is Senior Vice President and General Manager - Creative Solutions Business Unit of Adobe Systems Incorporated since April 2006. Prior to joining Adobe, Mr. Loiacono served as Executive Vice President of software at Sun Microsystems, Inc., which he joined in 1987. During Mr. Loiacono's 19 year tenure, he also served as General Manager of Sun Microsystems’s operating platform group, as well as Chief Marketing Officer.
Thompson, Matthew Mr. Matthew A. Thompson joined Adobe Systems Incorporated in January 2006 as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations. Prior to joining Adobe, Mr. Thompson served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Borland Software Corporation, a software delivery optimization solutions provider, from October 2003 to December 2006. Prior to joining Borland, Mr. Thompson was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations for Marimba, Inc., a provider of products and services for software change and configuration management, from February 2001 to January 2003. From July 2000 to January 2001, Mr. Thompson was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Calico Commerce, Inc., a provider of eBusiness applications. Prior to joining Calico, Mr. Thompson spent six years at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a provider of electronic design technologies. While at Cadence, from January 1998 to June 2000, Mr. Thompson served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Field Operations and from April 1994 to January 1998 as Vice President, Worldwide Professional Services.
Tarkoff, Robert Mr. Robert M. Tarkoff currently serves as Senior Vice President of the Business Productivity Business Unit of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Mr. Tarkoff joined Adobe in April 2007 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Prior to joining Adobe, Mr. Tarkoff was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Captiva Software Division and Senior Vice President of Business Development and Channels for the Software Group of EMC Corporation, a products, services and solutions provider for information management and storage, from December 2003 to April 2007. Previously, Mr. Tarkoff was Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Documentum, Inc., an enterprise content management company and Senior Vice President of Worldwide Business Development at Commerce One, a provider of business-to-business e-commerce solutions.
James, Joshua Joshua G. James is Senior Vice President - Omniture Business Unit of Adobe of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Mr. James joined Adobe upon the closing of the acquisition of Omniture in October 2009 as Senior Vice President of the Omniture Business Unit. Prior to joining Adobe, Mr. James was one of the founders of Omniture and served as a director.
Rowley, Richard Mr. Richard T. Rowley joined Adobe Systems Incorporated in November 2006 as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Adobe, Mr. Rowley served as Vice President, Corporate Controller, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer at Synopsys, Inc., a semiconductor design software company, from December 2002 to September 2005 and from 1999 to December 2002, Mr. Rowley served as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Rowley served in several finance-related positions at Synopsys. Mr. Rowley is a Certified Public Accountant.
Mills, Carol Ms. Carol Mills is Director of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Ms. Mills has been an independent consultant since February 2006. Ms. Mills served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Infrastructure Products Group, of Juniper Networks, Inc., a provider of networking and security solutions, from November 2004 until February 2006. Prior to joining Juniper Networks, Ms. Mills was an independent consultant from 2002 until November 2004. From July 1998 to 2002, Ms. Mills was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Acta Technology, Inc., a private data integration company that was acquired by Business Objects in late 2002. Prior to joining Acta, Ms. Mills held several executive positions at Hewlett-Packard Company, a computer and electronics company. Ms. Mills currently serves on the Board of Directors of Tekelec Corporation and Blue Coat Systems, Inc. Ms. Mills holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Smith College.
Sedgewick, Robert Dr. Robert Sedgewick is Director Adobe Systems Incorporated. He has been a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University since 1985, where he was the founding Chairman of the Department of Computer Science. He is the author of numerous research papers and a widely used series of textbooks on algorithms. Dr. Sedgewick holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Daley, James Mr. James Daley is Director of Adobe Systems Incorporated. He has been an independent consultant since his retirement in July 2003 from Electronic Data Systems, or EDS, an information technology service company. Mr. Daley served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EDS from March 1999 to February 2003, and as its Executive Vice President of Client Solutions, Global Sales and Marketing from February 2003 to July 2003. From 1963 until his retirement in 1998, Mr. Daley was with Price Waterhouse, L.L.P., an accounting firm, where he served as Co-Chairman-Operations and Vice-Chairman-International from 1988 to 1998. Mr. Daley currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a mutual insurance company. Mr. Daley holds a B.B.A. from Ohio University.
Cannon, Michael Mr. Michael Cannon is Director of Adobe Systems Incorporated. He currently serves as a consultant to Dell Inc., a computer systems manufacturer and services provider. Mr. Cannon served as President, Global Operations for Dell from February 2007 until his retirement in January 2009. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Cannon was the President and Chief Executive Officer, and served on the Board of Directors, of Solectron Corporation, an electronic manufacturing services company, which he joined in January 2003. From July 1996 until joining Solectron, Mr. Cannon served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Maxtor Corporation, a disk drive manufacturer. During this time, Mr. Cannon also served on Maxtor's Board of Directors. He served on the Board of Directors of Seagate Technology, a disk drive manufacturer, which acquired Maxtor in May 2006, until February 2007 when he resigned. Mr. Cannon studied mechanical engineering at Michigan State University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Barnholt, Edward Mr. Edward Barnholt is Director of Adobe Systems Incorporated. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Agilent Technologies, Inc., a measurement company, from March 1999 to March 2005 and as its Chairman of the Board from November 2002 until his retirement in March 2005. From 1990 to 1999, Mr. Barnholt served in several executive positions at Hewlett-Packard Company, including serving as Executive Vice President and General Manager of its Measurements Organization. Mr. Barnholt currently serves on the Board of Directors of eBay Inc. and as Chairman of the Board of KLA-Tencor Corporation. Mr. Barnholt holds a B.S. and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Burgess, Robert Mr. Robert Burgess is Director of Adobe Systems Incorporated. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Macromedia, Inc., a provider of Internet and multimedia software, from November 1996 to January 2005. He also served on the Board of Directors of Macromedia from November 1996 until December 2005, as Chairman of the Board of Macromedia from July 1998 until December 2005 and as Executive Chairman of Macromedia from January 2005 until December 2005, when Macromedia was acquired by Adobe. Prior to joining Macromedia, Mr. Burgess held key executive positions at Silicon Graphics, Inc., a graphics and computing company, and from 1991 to 1995 served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Alias Research, Inc., a publicly-held 3D software company, prior to its acquisition by Silicon Graphics. Mr. Burgess holds a B.Com. from McMaster University.
Rosensweig, Daniel Mr. Daniel Rosensweig has been appointed as the Director of Adobe Systems Incorporated on January 12, 2009. Mr. Rosensweig is currently an Operating Principal at the Quadrangle Group, a private investment firm. Prior to joining the Quadrangle Group in August 2007, Mr. Rosensweig served as Chief Operating Officer of Yahoo! Inc., an Internet content and service provider, which he joined in April 2002. Prior to Yahoo!, Mr. Rosensweig was President of CNET Networks, Inc., an interactive media company, which he joined in October 2000. Mr. Rosensweig served 18 years with Ziff-Davis, an integrated media and marketing service company, including roles as President and Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary ZDNet, from 1997 until 2000 when it was acquired by CNET. Mr. Rosensweig holds a B.A. in Political Science from Hobart College.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Warnock, John 299,318
Geschke, Charles 4,129,090
Narayen, Shantanu 8,433,580
Garrett, Mark 3,009,750
Lynch, Kevin 3,243,970
Cottle, Karen 2,238,800
Loiacono, Johnny 2,499,230
Thompson, Matthew 2,618,680
Tarkoff, Robert --
James, Joshua --
Rowley, Richard --
Mills, Carol --
Sedgewick, Robert --
Daley, James --
Cannon, Michael --
Barnholt, Edward --
Burgess, Robert --
Rosensweig, Daniel --
As Of 27 Nov 2008

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Warnock, John 2,105,354 82,342,900
Geschke, Charles 1,128,602 36,288,900
Narayen, Shantanu 2,193,100 23,153,820
Garrett, Mark 0 0
Lynch, Kevin 87,733 1,181,760
Cottle, Karen 402,083 4,075,675
Loiacono, Johnny 0 0
Thompson, Matthew 0 0
Tarkoff, Robert 0 0
James, Joshua 0 0
Rowley, Richard 0 0
Mills, Carol 0 0
Sedgewick, Robert 0 0
Daley, James 0 0
Cannon, Michael 0 0
Barnholt, Edward 0 0
Burgess, Robert 0 0
Rosensweig, Daniel 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
THOMPSON MATTHEW A 1,513 $33.94
ROWLEY RICHARD T 464 $33.94
TARKOFF ROBERT M 1,513 $33.94
NARAYEN SHANTANU 11,888 $0.00
COTTLE KAREN O 1,513 $33.94
LOIACONO JOHN P 1,513 $33.94
THOMPSON MATTHEW A 4,125 $0.00
ROWLEY RICHARD T 1,266 $0.00
TARKOFF ROBERT M 4,125 $0.00
COTTLE KAREN O 4,125 $0.00
NARAYEN SHANTANU 5,549 $33.94
GARRETT MARK S 1,934 $33.94
LOIACONO JOHN P 4,125 $0.00
LYNCH KEVIN M 1,934 $33.94
COTTLE KAREN O 1,608 $34.38
NARAYEN SHANTANU 26,660 $0.00
GARRETT MARK S 12,090 $0.00
LOIACONO JOHN P 1,709 $34.38
LYNCH KEVIN M 3,241 $34.38
THOMPSON MATTHEW A 3,750 $0.00
ROWLEY RICHARD T 2,083 $0.00
COTTLE KAREN O 3,411 $34.38
GARRETT MARK S 5,275 $0.00
LOIACONO JOHN P 3,411 $34.38
LYNCH KEVIN M 4,434 $34.38
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